Recipe for Enlivenment:
To every day add
- A little listening
- A pinch of play
- Stir kindly with words
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I Cried Every Day for Almost Seven Years and Here’s How it Made Me a Better Mother
The wisest words I ever heard anyone say were uttered by my (then) six-year-old daughter. I was crying one day, particularly upset. She snuggled up to me and said, “Don’t worry Mommy if you are feeling sad, because the NEXT thing you will be feeling is something else,...
Creating My Own Mystery School
I have been on a mystical journey that has shown me that I share exactly the same awareness as you — that I and everything and everyone around me is fundamentally Goodness Through and Through.
Still, I am also a human navigating the terrain of my human heart and mind, struggling sometimes to embody my highest truth. This can be near impossible while I am suffering.
When I find myself unduly suffering (i.e. resisting whatever is happening), I turn to these modern-mystic members of my mystery school, silently entreating them to uplift me once again.
Saying Yes to “What Is,” Even When “What Is” Is Unacceptable
A poem about grief and love... “Say Yes! to life” It’s one of my highest aspirations But how do I say Yes to an 18-year-old shooter killing elementary school kids? How do I say Yes to heedless, needless death? How do I say Yes to polarization and righteous action? How...
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My Favorite Five Lifestyle Hacks for Well-Being
Not long ago, Wanda Malhotra of Authority Magazine contacted me and asked me to share my five favorite lifestyle hacks for well-being. This was a fascinating inquiry, as it prompted me to reflect deeply on the practices and mindsets indispensable to my sense of...
The Benefits of Rock Climbing After 50
By this time you probably already know me to be a rock climbing evangelist! Here is a link to my article, published in Spirituality & Health Magazine, called "The Benefits of Rock Climbing After 50" where I spell out exactly why I have found it to be an...
A Sensory Awakening Ritual for Couples
Delight your partner in a curated journey of sensual delights to open the body, mind, and heart for whatever may follow. Spirituality and Health magazine just published my article, A Sensory Awakening Ritual for Couples! Click here to read the whole article that...
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Access Inner Guidance With a Meditative Tarot Reading for Anxiety
As a symbolic tool for introspection, tarot cards can help us transcend negative thinking and access our intuition. Add a meditative perspective on the tarot, and you have a recipe for deep healing. Spirituality and Health magazine has published another article of...
Taking Stock of My “Successes”: A Year in the Life of a Nonfiction Writer
The things I had planned to do
To guarantee “success”
Paled in comparison to
Sitting still
With her
Writing to Reveal: How being a writer helps uncover the naked truth
The below is a piece I published in Illumination on Medium a couple years ago. Some of the references are out of date. (I no longer work as a program manager, for instance.) The theme, however, has come up a couple times in the last week and I thought I would...
